Ravi Gupta (Sequoia) Opens Up About The Realities of Success | E164
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- Sequoia Capital partner Ravi Gupta dives deep into the realities of success, decision-making, why it’s crucial to practice doing things you don’t want to do, and the value of quality over quantity.
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00:00 - Intro
00:38 - Gupta’s best advice
02:54 - Gupta’s upbringing and living in the shadow of his brother
06:20 - On success and parenting
13:35 - The second-order effects of “equality”
15:55 - On embracing reality
18:33 - How Gupta helps founders deal with reality
23:29 - What Gupta learned working in private equity
29:59 - Gupta’s best writing advice
33:42 - The key to success in any domain
37:19 - Gupta’s rules for success in life and work
41:02 - What’s still missing at Instacart
45:04 - Quality vs. quantity
51:48 - Business vs. family
55:20 - Can you be successful and have balance
01:01:59 - On keeping the main thing the main thing
01:09:39 - On hiring questions and scenarios
01:14:11 - How to be a great decision maker
01:22:21 - On structuring the day for success
01:25:30 - Short-term vs long-term decisions
01:33:54 - Common ways successful people ruin themselves
01:40:46 - How Gupta defines success
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Thanks for posting, Shane.
I hear you and I tend to agree on the second-order effects of “equality”. The bigger problem I’ve observed is this:
Moms and dads will correctly identify different trade-offs but disagree on which is the “real” or most important problem to solve. Trophies for winners or trophies for everyone? Priorities order perception, meaning what you value filters what you see.
Mom may see kids getting needlessly discouraged by overly competitive kids/adults. If you’re playing in a way that makes kids want to give up, who are you helping?
Dad may see an incubator for excellence where doing tough things and being honest about one’s shortcomings is a sure path toward improvement and future contribution to society.
This is why we need to experiment together in healthy ways to find what the moment calls for.
Immigrant parent here - we didn't come from India, although it's not like Eastern Europe/Balkans was great in 1980/1990s 😬 Yet I still recognize myself in this whole "My kids have so much more opportunities than we had" as if we're not 1st but 2nd generation like Ravi is saying.
So while I think part of this comes from parents (where they came from and where to) - good chunk is also just general relative progress of humanity. Meaning - regardless of where you are and from where you are. Even if Ravi/myself/etc were now still back in countries where our parents originally came from - we and our kids would still be better off (wide/more opportunities) than previous generations(s).
Nice. Nice.
Minute 7:45, First gold mine.
Don’t whine.
Don’t be a victim
We always have agency
We are the captains of our own ship.
Ask what you could have done differently
Second gold mine, 11:37.
I want to earn my own medal.
Third good mine: 14:52
At some point...the world decides if your good enough, the bar becomes the absolute bar.
Embrace reality - do something about it.
Instead of thinking about the problem, start working on it. Event for 1% progress
First :)
IMHO, this view on whining is soooo annoying and can probably explain why children hate their parents and why American millennials are so messed up. The younger generation has figured it out and all these boomillenials just keep spouting the same old protestant with ethic BS. Stop trying to be the best cog in the American machine! Be your personal monopoly, who cares if you earned your own medal... You don't need to earn it, because you didn't need it in the first place, you already have it! Parents need to just listen to their kids, support their choices and expect nothing in return. You'll get back in love what you put in. IMHO